Phyllis Diller | 1917-2012

Phyllis Diller, dressed as a Keystone Cop, in 1963. Diller was an Alameda, Calif., mother of five when she made her nightclub debut at the Purple Onion in San Francisco in 1955  at age 37.

Phyllis Diller, dressed as a Keystone Cop, in 1963. Diller was an Alameda, Calif., mother of five when she made her nightclub debut at the Purple Onion in San Francisco in 1955  at age 37. (Associated Press)